Paintbrush holder



Ma 10, 1949; B. B. CRAFT ET AL 2,469,864

PAINT BRUSH HOLDER Filed Nov. 21, 1945 4 INVENTOR.

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Patented May 10, 1949 PAINTBRUSH HOLDER Belle B. Craft and Lynn B.Craft, North Hollywood, Calif.

Application November 21, 1945, Serial No. 630,022

1 Claim- (Cl. 248-110) Our invention relates to a, paint brush drain panand has for its principal object, to provide a simple, practical andinexpensive shelf-like pan, capable of being easily and quicldy appliedto or removed from paint cans for conveniently holding a paint brush,said pan being slightly inclined, so as to convey all paint which drainsfrom the brush, back to the paint can or container, and the forward endof said pan being provided with a straight transverse edge, across whichthe brush may be wiped, so as to effectively remove excess paint fromsaid brush.

Further objects of our invention are, to provide the brush holding panwith resilient clips, constructed so as to grip the rims or upper edgesof paint cans and containers, and thereby firmly secure the pansthereto; further to provide the pan with side walls or flanges, arrangedso as to guide the draining paint into the can or container on which thedevice is mounted, thereby preventing said paint from flowing from thesides of the pan downwardly into said can or container and further, toform the rear end of the pan so as to receive the handles of paintbrushes and prevent same from sliding forwardly on the pan and droppinginto the can or container.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, our invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of our improved pan in position on a paint can.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section of the resilient clip for attachingthe pan to the can.

Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3 and showing a modified form of thepan attaching clip.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings which illustrate apreferred embodiment of our invention, l designates a flat plate, whichmay be of thin metal, plastics or the like, and which graduallydecreases in width toward its front edge i I.

At the sides of plate l0, low walls or flanges i2, extend upward andoutward, so as to prevent paint draining from the sides of the plate orholder, downwardly into the can or container on which said holder ismounted.

Projecting upwardly and rearwardly from the rear end of plate ID, areintegral wings l3, between which is formed a notch M, which graduallytapers in width toward its inner end.

These holders intended for use on friction top cans such as A, Figs. 2and 3, are provided on the under sides with clips, each comprising anarrow strip of resilient metal having a straight portion it that isrigidly secured, preferably by spot welding, as designated by it, to theunderface of plate iii and the forward end of said strip terminating ina depending rearwardly opening hook ii, adapted to receive and grip theconventional bead B on the upper edge of can A.

Between the upper end of hook and strip I5 the metal of said strip, isbent downward to form a depending lug or projection [8 adapted to bearon top of bead B, as seen in Fig. 3.

The lower end of hook i1 is bent downward to form a lip l9, whichengages the wall of can A just below bead B.

The construction just described firmly clamps the pan or holder on thecan and enables said pan to be easily and quickly applied to or removedfrom said can.

On those holders intended for use on conventional straight wall cans, astrip and hook 20, similar to the strip I5 and hook I! is secured byspot welding or otherwise to the underface of plate It, and secured tosaid plate directly in front of said hook 20 is the upper end of adepending resilient finger 2!, adapted to bear on the inner face of thewall of the can, as seen in Fig. 4, thus clamping the interposed portionof said Wall.

In the use of our improved pan or holder, excess paint may be removedfrom bristles of the brush by wiping or drawing said bristles upwardlyacross the straight front edge i I of plate ill and such excess paintwill drip into the can.

The front edge II is preferably rounded so as to not cut or injure thebristles of the brush.

When the brush is laid on the plate any paint that may discharge fromthe bristles will flow down the slightly inclined plate Ill and dripinto the can.

As the inner end of notch M is narrower than the intermediate and rearportion of the brush handle, the brush, when laid on the holder cannotslip forwardly on said holder and drop into the paint container.

In addition as a holder for paint brushes, the shelf or plate may beused as a support for putty while same is being out, also as a surfaceupon which colors or toning may be mixed before being blended with thepaint.

Further, the pan or shelf may be used in the kitchen, upon pots, pans,kettles and like cooking utensils for receiving and conveniently holdingspoons, knives, forks and the like.

The holder may be made from any suitable material, is self-draining sothat all excess paint flows back into the can or container, is effectivein saving paint, prevents same from flowing down onto the rim andexterior of the can, prolongs the life or periods of service of paintbrushes and saves much of the time and labor ordinarily spent in thecleaning of paint brushes.

Thus it will be seen that We have provided a paint brush holder anddrain pan that is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture andvery efiective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstruction of the various parts of our improved paint brush holder anddrain pan, may be made and substituted for those herein shown anddescribed, Without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scopeof which is set forth in the appended claim.

We claim as our invention:

A paint brush holder and drain pan comprising REFERENCES CITED Thefollowing references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,764,763 Stang June 17, 19302,402,374 Corn et a1 June 18, 1946

